A Victorian hoop skirt isn't impossible to move in, but this corded petticoat will be much easier! Cage crinolines, made of flexible spring steel, allowed Victorians to have a fashionable silhouette without being weighed down by 6 layers of starched petticoats. A Victorian petticoat could be 5 yards around, so they were heavy! But even a steel crinoline petticoat is too much for me (my back problems have serious hoop skirt trouble), so I decided to sew a corded petticoat to take the place of a crinoline under my Victorian crinoline dress.
Making a Victorian petticoat with historically accurate cording would be even heavier than a cage crinoline hoop skirt, so I used lightweight foam welting cord for this corded petticoat tutorial. After wearing the same dress in hoopskirt vs petticoat, it's obvious which is more comfortable. This corded petticoat will be perfect to wear under the "Daniel Deronda" dress project, an evening dress or ball gown which might have been worn by one of the main characters in that novel.
Sewing a Victorian petticoat can be quite a process, so I hope this helps! If you would like the corded petticoat pattern, that's available on my Patreon.

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Chapters :
0:00 Why I'd rather not wear a hoopskirt
2:09 The base petticoat
3:03 Cording until I lose my mind
6:24 The hard part's done. Or is it?
8:30 Too much floof?
8:57 The reveal!